The Soviet government set up many prisoner-of-war camps and labor camps in its own country and in the occupied countries. The Russian abbreviation of the management department of this labor camp is Gulag. The starting point of the film's story is such a Gulag, which is adapted from the memoirs of Slavomir Lavitz. This memoir chronicles the story of how he was captured by the army in a concentration camp after Poland was occupied by the Soviet Union, and then managed to escape with a few of his companions. In 1956, Lavitz, who escaped from the dead, dictated this memoir called "The Long Road
." In 2006, the BBC produced a documentary about Lavitz and his "journey", hoping to find some evidence of the real existence of this escape. It was this "textuality" documentary that let Australian director Peter Weir know the story of Ravitz for the first time. This story has been lingering in Peter Weir's mind, and gradually formed the idea of shooting a movie
. Just a few days after the documentary was broadcast, an old Polish man named Witold Glinski found the BBC, and he told the producers of the BBC that he was the prototype of the protagonist of the documentary. After getting to know it, Will was more certain about his idea of putting "The Long Road" on the screen
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The Way Back Creative background
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Extended Reading
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Gennaro 2022-04-21 09:02:17
oooooooo! The male protagonist in one day! Do you think no one is following him? So handsome! When I was watching this, I almost forgot that there was colin in it~ I just looked at him. Ahem~ Going back to the movie itself, it may be difficult for those who don't know the background of the movie to watch it. It tells the dark history of labor camps in Siberia. The escape process was desperate and full of confusion, but fortunately the end was bright. Otherwise, you won't have to train tonight.
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Duane 2022-04-22 07:01:31
Hike over 4,000 miles, from Siberia to India, freedom for life!
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[first title cards]
Title Card: In 1941, three men walked out of the Himalayas into India. / They had survived a 4000 mile walk to freedom. / This film is dedicated to them.
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[last lines]
Man: Where have you come from?
Janusz: Siberia.
Man: Siberia?
Religious man: [speaks to crowd in unknown language]
Man: And how did you come, sir?
Janusz: We walked.
Man: Walked?
[crowd noise]